The Human Zoo — Desmond Morris

buy the book from amazon

Paperback editions:

  • Mass Market Paperback
  • Feb-1981
  • Delacorte
  • ISBN: 0440339138
  • ISBN13: 9780440339137

   Buy from Amazon

  • Paperback
  • Apr-1996
  • Kodansha International
  • ISBN: 1568361041
  • ISBN13: 9781568361048

   Buy from Amazon

Hardcover editions:

eBook editions:

  • eBook (Kindle)
  • Jul-2009
  • Vintage Digital

   Buy from Amazon

Audio editions:

Large Print editions:

Flag    Amazon UK



Description
A must-read for anyone who has ever wondered why people do what they do, from the popular author of The Naked Ape.

This study concerns the city dweller. Morris finds remarkable similarities with captive zoo animals and looks closely at the aggressive, sexual and parental behaviour of the human species under the stresses and pressures of urban living.

‘Compelling and absorbing...Morris is concerned with the tension between our biology and our culture, as it is expressed in power, sex, status and war games' New York Times
CERTAIN CONTENT THAT APPEARS ON THIS PAGE COMES FROM AMAZON. THIS CONTENT IS PROVIDED ‘AS IS’ AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE OR REMOVAL AT ANY TIME.